The Insect Play

A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Music,

Drama

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1939

Director:

Stephen Thomas

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Company:

BBC

Cast:

The Lepidopterist / First Snail

The Tranp

The Chrysalis

Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Crew:

Adaptation

Writer

Writer

Producer

Costume Design